United Mission to Nepal ( UMN )

Subject: Leadership and Management (Theory)

Overview

For 55 years, the United Methodist Church (UMN) has been aiding Nepal's poor and powerless via healthcare, education, and other development initiatives. The University of Minnesota underwent significant alteration in 2003. They shifted their focus from direct implementation to building organizational capability. This was achieved by awarding contracts for all direct projects to legitimate Nepali groups, with the exception of two hospitals in Tansen and Okhaldhunga. The UNM has a long-term goal of seeing "productive and self-reliant Nepali organizations" (citation needed) helping individuals and communities in Nepal achieve their fundamental requirements. The University of Minnesota (UMN) has made it a priority to develop models of applicable approaches that may be utilized elsewhere, while simultaneously attending to the health and healthcare requirements of the local population.

For the last 55 years, the UMN has supported health, education, and other development projects in Nepal to help the country's poor and marginalized. In 2003, UMN shifted its focus from direct project implementation to capacity building, handing over ownership and operation of all direct projects to suitably vetted Nepali groups with the exception of two hospitals in Tansen and Okhaldhunga. Nepalese citizens have joined forces with around twenty Christian organizations from different parts of the world to accomplish this.

The UNM's vision for Nepal is that people and communities will be able to meet their basic needs in a sustainable way by joining successful Nepali organizations that can take care of themselves.

University of Minnesota's plans include not just meeting local health and healthcare needs but also serving as a model for relevant solutions that may be duplicated more widely based on local experiences. Such as "remote region guidelines from the MNH program."

Vision of UMN

In a reformed Nepali society, everyone can live a full life.

Working Regions

  • Instruction Health and medical services
  • Peacebuilding
  • Sustainable livelihood
  • Vital Medical Services UMN Tansen and Okhaldhunga hospital operations and community health initiatives
  • The Patan Hospital, Dhulikhel Medical Institute, and Palpa District Health Office are receiving medical personnel on loan.
  • Support the Nepalese government's efforts to improve maternity and newborn health facilities so that birthing centers may offer 24-hour care.
  • Health education and demand generation at the community level.
  • Physical disability rehabilitation and parenting in a secure manner.

 
Things to remember
  • Since its founding 55 years ago, the UMN has supported several development programs in Nepal that aim to improve the lives of the country's poor and oppressed.
  • It was in 2003 when UMN shifted its focus from direct implementation to capacity building. All direct projects were handed over to Nepali groups that could better manage them save for two hospitals in Tansen and Okhaldhunga.
  • Nepalese citizens and over 20 Christian organisations from all over the world are collaborating on this initiative.
  • UNM's vision for Nepal is one in which individuals and communities are actively engaged in thriving and self-reliant Nepali organizations that provide for their own needs.
  • By developing solutions like "remote area guidelines from the MNH program," the University of Minnesota (UMN) hopes to address not just the health and healthcare requirements of the local community, but those of communities worldwide.
Questions and Answers

For the past 55 years, the UMN has operated in Nepal to provide health, education, and other development services to the underprivileged and disenfranchised. By turning over ownership and operation of all of its direct projects to suitable Nepali organizations, with the exception of two hospitals in Tansen and Okhaldhunga, UMN made a dramatic transformation in 2003 from being a directly implementing organization into a capacity building organization.

  • Community health initiatives and hospital services in Tansen and Okhaldhunga.
  • Secondment of a medical expert to a hospital in Patan, a medical facility in Dhulikhel, and a district health office in Palpa.
  • Support for the Nepali government's initiative to upgrade its medical facilities so that they can offer round-the-clock care at all of its birthing facilities.
  • Raising public awareness of health issues and creating demand.
  • Rehabilitation for those with physical impairments and secure childbirth.

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